Finished my generator box. Hopefully no more frozen breather tube and milky oil now. I also made a little side door on it so I dont have to take it out every time I wanted to start it
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That looks very nice!
Not to worry you but my buddy made something very similar. It ended up just overheating in it. He never uses it anymore. His had quite a few vents around the outside as well.
I think the only time you’re going to want to use something like this is when it’s 20 below or colder. Nice job on the build though!
Thanks joe, the intake side with the diamond plate cover I built on a hinge and I can open it wide open if I need to and hopefully won’t overheat. The back exhaust end I used a household air register
Looks good – nice touch with access for starting. I have a dual fuel inverter champion that could benefit from such a thing. Bet you struggle to hear it running if you point the exhaust away from you.
On the overheating side, you could put some of those temp stickers inside the box to see what the internal temps are getting to on extended runs.
That looks very nice!
Not to worry you but my buddy made something very similar. It ended up just overheating in it. He never uses it anymore. His had quite a few vents around the outside as well.
I think the only time you’re going to want to use something like this is when it’s 20 below or colder. Nice job on the build though!
X2 on what Joe is talking about, I overheated mine last weekend. Only need to use in temps well below zero. After overheating mine we ran overnight on the battery and left the gen in the house. Next morning it fired up and ran fine.
Very nice build Coletrain
Might want to add some reflective tape all around the near the upper edge. Wouldn’t want to back into it some dark evening.
How does it run in that tight of an enclosure?
I have a dog-house size generator mini-shed at my off-the-grid cabin and even with that much more size the exhaust gasses don’t escape completely and built up to the point where the generator started missing for lack of combustion air at the intake side. Also, the box got very hot, very quickly.
I added a 20 inch box fan to circulate air and to push exhaust out of the vents, but even with that much air flow I still need to keep the lid propped open. Interested to hear how your design works.
Grouse
I ran it for about 5 mins so far inside the box and no problems. I will give it a longer test run today and check the inside temp and report back.
Good idea with the reflectors Dave, I will get some next time I’m at menards
I think the reflectix insulation that lines the box is going to add to the overheating issue with such a small box.
Nice box. But just run it in the truck bed with the tonneau cover almost closed. Works just fine and keeps it warm enough to not freeze. And keeps the noise off the ice
I put my generator in a flipped over plastic tote with some holes for air and exhaust. If it isn’t super cold or windy my generator gets too hot and seems to consume oil. Doesn’t miss or trip out, just eats oil. I’ve even tried to add 2×4’s between the base and the tote for more air and it still gets too warm. Now I just cover it at night. Nice box, it’ll be great for those cold nights!
I put my generator in a flipped over plastic tote with some holes for air and exhaust. If it isn’t super cold or windy my generator gets too hot and seems to consume oil. Doesn’t miss or trip out, just eats oil. I’ve even tried to add 2×4’s between the base and the tote for more air and it still gets too warm. Now I just cover it at night. Nice box, it’ll be great for those cold nights!
Sounds like another guy was having a similar problem with not enough air flow.
My friend uses a plastic dog crate with a blanket and it seems to work. I think it was like -13 on Lacs 2 weekends ago.
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Well I just tested mine for 75 minutes with a 300-500 watt load the whole time. I opened the alluminum front door while I ran it since it’s so warm out.
The top of the generator never got above 65 degrees according to my fluke infrared gun. The exhaust grate I was able to touch and keep my hands on without burning the whole time also.
I also ran it off eco mode for part of that time. Most the time when it’s running on the lake it’s less than 200 watts while charging my batteries. I think it should work good.
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That app is sweet – can you control eco from there as well? Does it also remote start/stop?
That app is sweet – can you control eco from there as well? Does it also remote start/stop?
No the eco mode has to be done on the switch and you can’t start it from the app since it doesn’t have electric start on this model. You can shut it down with the app though
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